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Ordering guide

How to order a walker or rollator with Scotts

What happens between the first call and the first delivery, what your prescriber has to document, and how resupply runs afterward. Written for patients and the people helping them.

Key takeaways

  • Three things have to line up: a need, a prescriber’s order, and documentation in your chart. We handle the third with your prescriber so you do not have to.
  • We verify coverage before anything is delivered and tell you what your plan says your share is.
  • Resupply runs on the policy’s schedule, tracked by us and confirmed with you before each shipment.

How it works, step by step

  1. Tell us what you need. Call (800) 304-7030, start in the order wizard, or have your clinician send a referral with the documents attached. If you already use a product, the manufacturer code on the box is the most useful thing you can give us: it settles size, style and fit without guesswork.
  2. We verify your benefits first. Medicare Part B, Florida Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and most commercial plans. Before anything ships you hear what the plan covers and what your share is, and if it is not covered we say so and quote a private-pay option instead.
  3. We collect the order and the documentation from your prescriber. For a walker or rollator that usually means:
    • A written order and documentation of the mobility limitation
    • Confirmation that the device is needed in the home, not only outdoors — plans assess DME on in-home need
    • User height and weight for correct sizing
    • Note that Medicare treats a walker and a rollator as similar equipment — having one on file can block the other. See same-or-similar →
    You do not chase the paperwork; we do, and we tell you if something is missing.
  4. Delivery or shipping. Delivered and set up across South Florida, or shipped across Florida, with the instructions you need and a phone number for the questions that come later.
  5. Resupply, if it applies. Supplies that recur are tracked on the policy’s schedule. We check in before each shipment; nothing ships that you did not ask for. How automatic resupply works.

What Medicare looks for

Walker / rollator is covered under Medicare policy LCD L33791, Walkers. In plain words, the chart has to show this: Mobility limitation that impairs MRADLs in the home, resolved by a walker. patient able to use it safely. Standard written order before delivery. The diagnoses it names include gait / mobility abnormality, muscle weakness, generalized, repeated falls. Resupply under the policy is one-time purchase.

Policies change and plans differ; the link above is the current text. We do not publish allowances or quantity limits here because the number that applies to you depends on your plan and your chart. Ask us and we will tell you yours.

Products people order

The manufacturers’ own photographs, shown under our dealer agreements. Pick one to check coverage and order it; sizes and pack counts come next.

All mobility product families

Brands we carry

Drive Medical, Invacare, Graham Field, Compass Health, Medline, Nova.

Questions people ask

Walker or rollator?
A standard walker gives more stability because you lift and place it. A rollator rolls and has a seat, which suits people who can walk but need to rest, and suits nobody who needs the walker to bear weight when they stop. Choose on stability, not on convenience.
What height should it be?
Standing upright in your shoes, arms relaxed at your sides, the handgrips should sit at your wrist crease. Your elbows should bend about 15–20 degrees when you hold them. We set this at delivery.
I already have a walker. Can I get a rollator too?
Possibly not on insurance — Medicare treats them as same-or-similar within a set period. We check before ordering, because finding this out after delivery is a bad day for everyone.

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About this guide

This is general information written to be useful, not medical advice, and it is not a coverage determination. It does not replace what your own clinician has told you about your own situation — where the two differ, follow your clinician.

We deliberately publish no prices, allowables or fee-schedule figures. Those vary by plan, state and year, and a stale number is worse than none. Call (800) 304-7030 and we will verify your actual benefit.

Not sure where to start?

Call us and tell us what happened — a surgery, a new diagnosis, a discharge date, a supply you keep running out of. We will tell you what is usually needed, check your benefits, and ask your prescriber for the order if you do not have one yet.